Submission Guidelines for Best Lesbian Romance 2011
Editor: Radclyffe
Deadline for Submissions: April 1, 2010
Guidelines:
- Published or unpublished short stories or novel excerpts
- Previously published material acceptable if published between September 1, 2009 & December 31, 2010
- Word count: 1500 – 5000 words
- Electronic submissions only to: radclyffe.bsb@gmail.com,
- e-mail header: BLR 11_Author_Title (BLR 11_Your Name_Title).rtf attachment (story)
- e-mail body: story title, author name, pseudonym, address,
phone/fax, e-mail address, word count, if story previously published:
anthology title/publisher/Pub date, 50 word bio.
- Story Format: Arial; 12 pt, double-spaced; standard paragraphing; no HTML, file name: Author_Title (Your Name_Story Title)
- The anthology is scheduled for publication from Cleis Press Fall 2010.
- Submission decisions will be provided by e-mail summer 2010.
- Erotic content is welcome as long as the emotional/romantic elements are focal.
- Multiple submissions (no more than 3) accepted
- Payment: $50 and 2 contributor copies
- Please send questions to: radclyffe.bsb@gmail.com.
RADCLYFFE is an award-winning author of numerous lesbian romances and received
the 2003/04 Alice B. Toklas award for her body of work as well as a
Lambda Literary Award. She is a member of the Golden Crown Literary
Society, Pink Ink, and the Romance Writers of America. Previously
combining a full-time private clinic with writing books, she has since
retired from medicine to devote herself full-time to writing and
running her publishing house Bold Strokes Books. She currently resides
in Upstate New York.